Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long is located at 44 Trung Trac Street, Luc Si Thanh Commune, Tra On District, Vinh Long Province. The floating market is about 250m from the Vam Tra On River and about 40km from Vinh Long City. The market meets according to the river water policy, so every time the river water rises, boats come here to meet...
Floating market is a long-standing traditional cultural feature of many residents of Tra On district in particular and the whole Southwest region in general. It is a center of trading, payment and transaction for many districts and provinces throughout the Southwest region.
Tra On Floating Market is located on the Hau River, a branch of the Mekong River before flowing into the East Sea. With the method of trading by boat according to the river water policy, when the river water rises, boats will come here to hold a market. Shops, households and goods are all mobile on the river.
Nowadays, Tra On Floating Market is known as a tourist attraction for domestic and foreign visitors. Not only a shopping center, the floating market is also a place for young people in Tra On district to hunt for beautiful photos.
Tra On Floating Market is not only a shopping place but also a diverse culinary world with specialties such as Tra On fish cakes, linh fish hotpot, sweet rice balls, pancakes and many other dishes.
Introduction to Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long
Tra On floating market in Vinh Long has long been a very unique traditional cultural activity of many people in the Southwest region. And like many other floating markets, this floating market is always bustling with buyers and sellers. All transportation here must be by boat. The shops are mobile, the households are mobile, the goods are also mobile... And everything displayed in the market is mobile.
Tra On floating market in Vinh Long is gathered very early. It is most lively in the early morning. The soft and smooth features that visitors to this destination see are the leisurely oars, loaded with agricultural products running around every morning. The image of boats floating on the water. And the market life is still vividly presented. The largest business market is still the four-season fruit products. The boats coming and going add to the soft and smooth features of the poetic town of Tra On.
The origin of Tra On Floating Market, Vinh Long
According to many local residents, Tra On floating market has existed for a long time. In the past, this was a reliable and safe place to stay overnight for those who went by boat to cut rice in Nga Nam, Nga Bay, Ba Xuyen (present-day Soc Trang, Bac Lieu, Ca Mau provinces). Men and women often gathered here to sing and talk to find joy, forgetting the hardships of a difficult life.
Nowadays, Tra On floating market is one of the largest floating markets in the West. It is the place where the trading activities of Vinh Long and other neighboring provinces are introduced. Every day, boats go out and in, making the atmosphere here always lively and lively.
Explore Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long
Tra On floating market is not only a place for business, but also a place where unique traditional activities take place. You can find services such as cuisine, hairdressing, and tailoring on the river. The unique traditional culture that only exists in the West is more clearly expressed through the skillful movements of the vendors, arranging the dishes and pouring water into the bowls.
Life on boats has permeated every habit of the local people. Young men and women often gather here to sing and talk to find joy, forgetting the hardships of a difficult life. Every day, boats go out and encroach in crowded areas, making the atmosphere here always lively and lively.
Tra On Floating Market in Vinh Long has its own unique characteristics, which is a traditional cultural feature of the West. This place is not only a place for shopping, but also a place for trading and meeting of the people of the West.
Services such as cuisine, hairdressing, tailoring… also take place on the river, creating a vibrant and colorful atmosphere for the floating market.
In the middle of the vast river, to advertise their goods for sale, boat owners do not use signs as is common in other places. Instead, they choose a very different form of “beo”. Just a pole, hanging some fruits that they sell, visitors are very likely to know what the current owner is selling.
If you want to buy goods, you just need to ask the boat owner to stop next to the boat selling the goods you want.
In the afternoon, Tra On market still has many boats gathered around the floating market location. However, these boats no longer have as many goods as in the morning. It has become a familiar place of residence for many people living on the river in the West. Simple people return to their daily life with warm family meals.
Best time to visit Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long
The best time to explore Tra On market is during the flood season from June to August. That is when tropical monsoon fruits such as oranges, tangerines, and pomelos are in season.
Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long: The best time to visit is from 5-6 am
According to the experience of many tourists, the best time to visit Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long is from 5-6 am. That is the busiest time and also the time when you can catch the golden moment when the sunrise.
How to get to Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long
Tra On Floating Market is located about 250m from Vam town and about 40km from Vinh Long city center. To visit this market, you can choose to go by bus, motorbike or plane.
Motorbike
If you plan to travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long and back in a day, you can go by motorbike with a travel time of about 4 hours. From Vinh Long city center, you follow National Highway 1A and when you reach Binh Minh town, turn to National Highway 54 and go about 10km more to reach Tra On floating market.
Coach
Currently, there are many bus routes from Ho Chi Minh City to Binh Minh town. Some reliable bus companies that you can choose are Mai Linh, Trung Kien, Phu Vinh Long. Bus fares are approximately from 100,000 - 120,000 VND/trip.
Plane
If you come from the North or Central, you can buy a plane ticket to Ho Chi Minh City. Then, you can take a bus or motorbike to move from the airport to Vinh Long.
What to eat at Tra On Floating Market Vinh Long?
Tra On Grilled Fish
Fire fish is a famous specialty dish in Tich Thien commune, Tra On district, Vinh Long. This is a dish of the Hau river region, where clear water and brackish water interchange before reaching the sea. Fire fish has a body similar to silver carp or sea bass, with a flat, long body, many soft bones and white scales. However, the meat of the fire fish is very delicious and has rare, nutritious and fatty eggs.
Burnt fish usually appears most in the monsoon season, from about a month before to after Tet, and especially in the early morning. Burnt fish can be processed into many delicious dishes such as porridge, sour soup, fish sauce hotpot and most notably braised with sugarcane.
Vinh Long sticky rice cake
If you have been to Tra On floating market in Vinh Long without trying banh ú, you will not understand the taste of this local folk cake. Vinh Long banh ú is made from delicious, fragrant sticky rice without mixing in regular rice. Meat, eggs, sugar, seasoning powder, pepper, onions and garlic are also carefully selected and processed into the cake filling.
Vinh Long sticky rice cake is wrapped in Siamese banana leaves, and stir-fried sticky rice with coconut milk. With its delicious flavor, Vinh Long sticky rice cake is a special dish of the Mekong Delta.
Pomelo
The pomelo tree is similar to the mango tree. It is similar to a lemon, with a green skin, and when ripe, it has a shiny orange-yellow color. The flesh of the pomelo is very soft and has a sour taste, and the sweetness is very soft and smooth. There are two types of pomelo: sour and sweet. In which, sour pomelo is round, has a thin skin, is dark yellow when ripe, and is easily crushed. Sweet pomelo is long, has a thick, hard skin, and has a white powdery layer on the outside, and is light yellow when ripe. You can also eat it ripe, make jam, and use it as a spice in preparing sour soups or stews.
Luc Si Island spring roll rice paper
Rice paper here includes many different types such as: spring roll rice paper, dipped rice paper, sweet rice paper, grilled rice paper. The cake is handcrafted with 100% rice flour and no chemicals are used. The cake has a special taste when eaten, soft and chewy, moderately salty, wrapped with shrimp, meat, vegetables, vermicelli... The cake is used with tamarind fish sauce or ground soy sauce to eat very soft and smooth, also becoming a difference of the cuisine of the midland plains.
Durian with yellow flesh and small seeds
The durian fruit here is evenly distributed on each branch. The average weight of the fruit is from 2 to 4kg/fruit. The skin is thin, the flesh is yellow, the seeds are flat, and the skin is greenish-gold. When peeling off the skin, diners will feel the shiny golden flesh that is very soft and smooth. The durian flesh is dry, not sticky, the seeds are flat, moderately sweet, and has a fatty taste and a very soft and smooth aroma.
Binh Tan Sweet Potato
Sweet potato is a famous specialty crop of Binh Tan. This sweet potato has a delicious quality, thanks to the skill of many growers and its compatibility with the soil. Popular varieties such as paper white sweet potato, milk white sweet potato, pumpkin sweet potato, pumpkin sweet potato and Japanese purple sweet potato have a sweet, chewy and fragrant taste. Binh Tan sweet potatoes have been and are being exported to markets in countries such as China, Japan, Korea, Australia, etc.
Varieties of potatoes such as white paper sweet potatoes, milky white sweet potatoes, pumpkin sweet potatoes, pumpkin sweet potatoes and Japanese purple sweet potatoes are popular varieties with sweet, chewy and fragrant taste. In addition, Binh Tan sweet potatoes are also a famous variety and are being exported to many countries such as China, Japan, Korea, Australia, etc.
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